It served more of a purpose before they brought in the instigator rule. Now they are slowly getting rid of fighting by adding more and more caveats to the fights. The tough guys were more policemen out on the ice but now they are trying to regulate the game by cluttering it up with more rules. At one time the Euro leagues were the dirtiest around because they knew they could get away with their spears and crosschecks with at most a 2 minute penalty whereas in NA, if you ran around like that you'd soon meet your maker. Anyways, go on enjoy your boring Euro hockey. To me fighting is a part of the game. Some just take it to deeper lengths than others.
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